{"product_id":"water-for-hartford-kevin-murphy-9780819570802","title":"Water for Hartford: The Story of the Hartford Water Works and the Metropolitan District Commission","description":"The story of Hartford's water works is a fascinating one, for it recalls the hard work, great sacrifice, and extraordinary engineering feats necessary to deliver wholesome drinking water to a growing urban center. It also illuminates the ever-changing social, political, and economic milieu in which it was built. The story of its construction is also the story of three men-Hiram Bissell, Ezra Clark, and Caleb Saville. Readers are transported back in time and given a firsthand glimpse of what these champions of a water system faced on a daily basis: unforgiving geography, venal politicians, and an often-indifferent public. The book culminates in the exhilaration of having built a water works from scratch to deliver clean, safe drinking water to the masses. Water for Hartford is a human story, peopled by men of vision and achievement, who understood that their decisions and actions would affect millions of people for decades to come.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kevin Murphy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 081957080X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780819570802\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wesleyan University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.94d","brand":"Kevin Murphy","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43992500338943,"sku":"9780819570802","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1327df99-d297-49de-a9fe-05b6e4015d95.jpg?v=1683319279","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/water-for-hartford-kevin-murphy-9780819570802","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}